Yesterday morning on my bike ride in to work I listened to the most recent episode of MaximumRocknroll Radio, which is available wherever podcasts and streaming things are available (this blog is a dinosaur, offering only links and .zip file mp3 downloads and words). I listened to Zu and Michael fawn over and play tracks from their favorite releases from 2024 and.....and I was struck. I was struck by how much so. many. songs. they. played. reminded me of something I had listened to in a time that existed (possibly?) before Zu and/or Michael had been borned. I didn't hear the songs of think these thoughts in any kind of way...it just felt real and honest and I was into virtually every song I heard on the show - NINE:FORTY:PM and BRANDY SENKI were particularly striking and naturally S.H.I.T. and CHAT PILE were instantly striking. But the point is that I felt like I had heard it before but I also (and more importantly) felt like the sounds were new and real and important....and now enter MALARIE. It's not really the same because it's different (I know, I have a way with words and you're welcome), but their sound just lands in a place that I know....the first time I heard these songs they were familiar, and listening to their more recent offerings is really just a confirmation. MALARIE are dreamy goth tinged (so-called) post punk that hit like FOR AGAINST setting their sights on a support slot for some unnamed '80s alt/gaze/goth group....you know this sound. And Friends Of The Escape will know that they love this sound. You have these sounds in your mind and your heart....now get them into your earholes.
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